Vanessa Elizabeth
Booysen

Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Specialist

Sister Vanessa Booysen

Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Specialist

Skills

Commitiees/Boards

Voluntary Work Experience

Biography

I am a wife to my amazing husband, a mother of my own three boys and a "mother" to many other boys and girls. I believe in non separation of the mother - infant dyad. Breastfeeding solidifies this. Psalm 22:9 David says "I learnt to trust, on the breasts of my mother". I have trained hundreds of undergrad and postgrad students over a period of 20 years at the University of the Free State in Neonatal Care. I love being an educator and see each student as freshly ploughed ground where I can sow seeds of knowledge as well as life lessons.

Training & Credentials

Education

Certification

Experience

Nursing and Education Training

Lactation Consultant

Hospital Experience

Language Skills

Afrikaans 100%
English 100%
SeSotho 40%

Hobbies

Walking

Swimming

Singing

Cooking

Career Highlights

Provincial Neonatal Nursing Specialist FSDoH

Presenter at various National and International Conferences

Neonatal Nursing Excellence Award

Too much hugging, kissing, picking up and holding a baby.
There is no such thing as spoiling babies
by loving them too much because
there is no such things as

"Too Much Love"